164 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
The weather during the second baiting was quiet until, toward the last of August, we had 
perpetual fog, hardly a day passing when the sky was clear in every direction. The thermometer 
marked on the average in the vicinity of 60°, with a little lower reading for the temperature of the 
surface of the ocean. During September the weather was perfect; not only was the average tem- 
perature warmer, but the air was clear from fog during a large part of the time. The sun shone 
brightly all day and set in splendor, and during the nights the moon shone in almost cloudless 
skies. Once during the third baiting the wind rose to a gale, and though the trawls were all out 
the skipper did not think it prudent to risk going after them. Late in the day the sea went down 
a little, and the dories ventured out. The trawls were very much injured from the rough usage 
they had passed through, and more than half were entirely lost. I made thermometric observa- 
tions during this time, until a heavy lurch of the vessel threw down my thermometer and broke it, 
and during the third baiting barometric observations. A 
On the 29th of September the skipper gave the order to “give her the big mainsail.” The 
dories were all cleaned out and fastened securely in their places, the vessel was thoroughly 
scrubbed, and the vestiges of two months’ “ gurry” removed in as many hours. Then the course 
was laid for Saint Pierre, and away we sailed. On the 2d of October we called at Saint Pierre. 
During the afternoon of that day*we encountered a heavy gale between Saint Pierre and Scatari, 
the southeastern point of Cape Breton Island. At first we ran before the fierce gale, but finally 
were forced to “lie to;” we arrived at Arichat on the 4th. We ran to Guysborough the next 
morning for a short call, thence, on Monday, October 6, to Halifax. From Halifax we ran to 
Gloucester, and, delayed by dead calms when little more than 100 miles from home, finally worked 
in toward the land, made our way up the harbor, and anchored off the wharf belonging to the 
owners of the vessel on the morning of October 12. For convenience I have prepared the following 
condensed tabulated statement of the various movements of the vessels during the entire cruise: 
CALENDAR OF THE CRUISE. 
Date. Movements of vessel. 
July 12 to 17...-...----0----e- From Gloucester, Mass., to Guysborough, Nova Scotia. 
July 17 to 20........ Stay at Guysborough. 
July 20 to 21.....-.. ---| To Arichat, Cape Breton Island, and stay. 
July 21 to 23......... .-| Arichat to Cape Broyle, Newfoundland. 
July 23 to 25........ Stay at Cape Broyle. 
July 25 to 26 ...--.- Cape Broyle to Station 1, north 46° 39’, west 50° 37/, 
July 26 to August 7. First baiting. Anchored in various places on Banks. 
August 7 to 9.....-.---.------ To Saint John’s (Fresh-Water Cove), Newfoundland. 
August 9 to 11 Saint John's to Tor Bay, Newfoundland. 
August 11 to 13..-.........-.. ‘Lor Bay to'Carbonear, Newfoundland. 
August 13 to 14........- Beers Carbonear to King’s Cove, Newfoundland. 
August 14 to 20... ---| King’s Cove to Open Hall, Newfoundland, and stay. 
August 20 to 81..........----- Open Hall to latitude 45° 4’, longitude 50° 33’, and stay. Second baiting. 
August 31 to September 6-.... To Cape Broyle and stay. 
September 6 to 9......-....... Cape Broyle to Bay of Bulls, Newfoundland, and stay. 
September 9 to 11............- Bay of Bulls to Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, and stay. 
September 11 to 13............ Portugal Cove to Grand Banks, latitude 45° 12’, longitude 51°, 
September 13 to 29..........-. Third baiting. 
September 29 to October 2...-.. To Saint Pierre. 
October 2 to 4.........2...---- Saint Pierre to Arichat. 
October 4 to 6 To Guysborough from Arichat, and stay. 
October 6 to 8 Guysborough to Halifax. 
October 9 to 12........-...-.-. Halifax to Gloucester; arriving at Gloucester at 3 a.m. 
